Great Expecatations Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| commend | to give regards, or good wishes, to someone |
| bereave | to leave sad or forlorn, as by death |
| proprieties | accepted behavior in polite society |
| oppressive | distressing |
| discernible | distinguishable |
| plaintive | sad |
| contemplate | to think about carefully |
| obnoxious | hateful |
| condescend | to come down willingly to the level of someone regarded as inferior |
| unparalleled | unequaled |
| dexterous | skillful |
| dilapidated | in a stage of disrepair |
| magnanimous | noble in mind and heart |
| confound | to mix up |
| acquiesce | to agree to readily |
| wreak | to cause harm to |
| constraint | emotional repression |
| courtier | a person who serves at a royal court |
| buffet | a punch with the fist |
| discomfiture | embarrassment |
| allude | to make a casual or indirect reference |
| remonstrate | to protest |
| diabolical | devilish |
| coherent | logical |
| gravity | seriousness |
| sagacious | knowledgeable |
| ulterior | remote |
| swarthy | having a dark complexion |
| hermitage | a place to live that is away from other people |
| morose | gloomy |
| rectory | house in which the minister of a church lives |
| unscrupulous | not caring about what is right or wrong |
| discomposure | the lack of calmness |
| malignant | very harmful |
| surmise | to guess |
| corroborate | to confirm |
| altercation | a noisy quarrel |
| exultant | joyful |
| countenance | the face |
| imperceptible | hardly noticeable |
| capricious | tending to change one’s mind suddenly |
| disaffection | the loss of affection or loyalty |
| pious | showing religious devotion |
| disinterested | having no selfish interest or motive |
| stipulation | an agreed-upon condition or term, as in a contract |
| endow | to give money or property |
| placable | capable of being calmed or soothed |
| valedictory | pertaining to a parting or farewell |
| clemency | mercy |
| audacious | fearless |
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